Blanket

Textile

Object Number:

2003-67-2

Current Location:

Collections storage

Provenience:

Mauritania

Section:

African

Materials:

Camel Hair

Technique:

WovenDyed

Description:

Rectangular cloth woven in dark brown camel hair; warp face construction with one vertical stripe of a lighter brown; 10 inch (26 cm) fringe is plyed together on one end; the other end has short soft fringe; yarn dyed.

Credit Line:

Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania